STATE OF NEW YORK
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1403
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE(Prefiled)
January 9, 2013
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Introduced by Sen. MONTGOMERY -- read twice and ordered printed, and
when printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections
AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to lever voting machines
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 15-114 of the election law is
2 renumbered subdivision 3 and a new subdivision 2 is added to read as
3 follows:
4 2. Lever voting machines shall remain locked against voting for a
5 period of thirty days or until fifteen days before the next election, if
6 such machines are needed for use at such next election. Provided however
7 that a machine may be unlocked if a discrepancy discovered in the recan-
8 vass of voting machines required by this chapter makes it necessary to
9 examine the machine to determine if it has malfunctioned and provided
10 further that a machine may be opened and all the data and figures there-
11 in examined upon the order of any court or judge of competent jurisdic-
12 tion.
13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
14 the amendments to section 15-114 of the election law made by section one
15 of this act shall not affect the expiration of such section and shall be
16 deemed to expire therewith.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD03584-02-3
